How we scored it
Steam-distilled volatile oil: eugenol, other phenylpropanoids and terpenes are all plant-isolated (n = 1; b for terpenes), so natural fraction = 1.0. No added synthetic components.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.
Where it comes from
Dried allspice berries (Pimenta dioica, mainly Jamaica and Central America) are steam-distilled to yield the volatile oil. Individual components such as eugenol can be made synthetically, but this INCI substance is the distilled oil itself.
In plain English
An essential oil steam-distilled from allspice (pimento) berries, with a warm, clove-like spicy scent. It is used for fragrance and flavour and as a skin-conditioning ingredient. Its aroma compounds, mainly eugenol with related phenols and terpenes, come from the berries themselves.
CosIng definition: imenta Officinalis Fruit Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the fruit of Pimenta officinalis. The accepted scientific name for Pimenta officinalis is Pimenta dioica.
References
- 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
- 2PIMENTA OFFICINALIS FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PIMENTA OFFICINALIS FRUIT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PIMENTA%20OFFICINALIS%20FRUIT%20OIL